Newt Gingrich Presses Ron Paul to Explain Racist Newsletters

“These things are really nasty, and [Ron Paul] didn’t know about it, wasn’t aware of it,” said Gingrich adding  “But he’s sufficiently ready to be president? It strikes me it raises some fundamental questions about him.”
…..and you (Newt) aren’t organized enough to get yourself on the Virginia ballot? “but [you're] sufficiently ready to be president?”

The Press continue to barrage Dr. Paul and the history lesson of the newsletters. Main Stream Media must post these old news articles as often as possible to continue the attempt to pull Dr. Paul’s popularity down. How little they understand the character of Dr. Paul as he is fringe because all the others have NO Integrity, they expect the same here. They won’t find it. Why is it they do not discuss the 80 or so ethical violations that Newt was found guilty on and asked to step down as the Speaker of the House? Do they prefer a liar, cheater President? Throughout the debates, every candidate except Dr. Paul, has spoken of more war in the east. We can not afford that. We have no real threat here from there and Israel has stated that they can defend themselves. Lets get our Nation back on Constitutional track.

Ron Paul 2012

Restore America Now!

Ron Paul was publishing opinion and economic newsletters
and that perhaps 4-5 of them had some bigoted passages.
That is a little different than the libelous claim that he was publishing racist newsletters for 10 years.
Check with your editor and see if those two claims mean the same thing.
Then issue your correction and apology

Gingrich is a sociopath. He has no conscience for what he has done, only cold calculation to deflect from his horrible record which is displayed at notonewtdotcom. We are not buying your distractive attack on Paul Newt. We know who you are.

NAACP President: Ron Paul Is Not A Racist
Linder says Paul being smeared because he is a threat to the establishment

Paul Joseph Watson
Sunday, January 13, 2008

Austin NAACP President Nelson Linder, who has known Ron Paul for 20 years, unequivocally dismissed charges that the Congressman was a racist in light of recent smear attempts, and said the reason for him being attacked was that he was a threat to the establishment.

“Knowing Ron Paul’s intent, I think he is trying to improve this country but I think also, when you talk about the Constitution and you constantly criticize the federal government versus state I think a lot of folks are going to misconstrue that….so I think it’s very easy for folks who want to to take his position out of context and that’s what I’m hearing,” said Linder.

“Knowing Ron Paul and having talked to him, I think he’s a very fair guy I just think that a lot of folks do not understand the Libertarian platform,” he added.

Asked directly if Ron Paul was a racist, Linder responded “No I don’t,” adding that he had heard Ron Paul speak out about police repression of black communities and mandatory minimum sentences on many occasions.

Dr. Paul has also publicly praised Martin Luther King as his hero on many occasions spanning back 20 years.

“I’ve read Ron Paul’s whole philosophy, I also understand what he’s saying from a political standpoint and why people are attacking him,” said Linder.

“If you scare the folks that have the money, they’re going to attack you and they’re going to take it out of context,” he added.

“What he’s saying is really really threatening the powers that be and that’s what they fear,” concluded the NAACP President.

I think Newt needs to answer for his own multiple transgressions…things he actually did. Ron Paul didn’t write those newsletters. Dr. Paul wasn’t even in politics at the time; he was back delivering babies at his medical practice. Keep in mind that these letters were published before the internet. It is not unreasonable that Dr. Paul had no idea about these newsletters. We take the internet far too much for granted. In spite of this, Ron Paul has addressed these letters many times before. The media (and Newt) is only trying to deflect from the important and relevant issues as Ron Paul is winning. I hope people are smarter than the media gives them credit for.

The race card continues to be the last defense of scoundrels.

Besides, if Newt wants to talk about bigots, he should start including religious bigots. After all, we didn’t free the slaves until the civil war but religious discrimination was banned in the Constitution. That might get a little awkward though, since nations like Iran and Israel are founded on it. If he wants to stand up for the principles that made this country great, he can’t pick the ones that are politically convenient at the moment. His statements about the Palestinians become a particularly awkward once you realize that they apply to us as well. We are the ultimate “invented people” but I think we are entitled to call ourselves a Nation.

I’ve actually seen a black kid steal some woman’s purse… and he was pretty fleet footed!!

but seriously, their ideas turned out to be very main-stream, just ahead of their time. nearly all of the investment ideas they talked about back then are regularly talked about today. many believe fiat money will be printed down to worthlessness, rendering physical gold, or derivatives therof, the means of exchange (ie. ‘money’).

be certain that Ron Paul does not believe all blacks are criminals. if he did, he would not employ a black guy in a prominant position on his campaign staff. truly, I am amazed at the traction this 20 year old story is getting. oh, and btw, we just passed 100% debt to gdp (not including social security and medicaid/medicare) — for all who are actually worried about our real problems today.. which, seemingly, are not many journalists..

Even Lincoln , FDR, Eisenhover where all racists but it was a different time period an culture

The latest CNN poll released Tuesday finds that Congressman Paul scores highest amongst minorities when matched up against Barack Obama in a hypothetical election head to head.

Paul scores 25% of the vote amongst non-whites, whereas Romney polls at 20% and Gingrich gets 15%.

NAACP President Nelson Linder, who has known Ron Paul for 20-years, unequivocally dismissed charges that Ron Paul is a racist in the light of the recent smear attempts, and said the reason for him being attacked was that he was a threat to the establishment.

So much for the “racist” claim.

The only thing this highlights is the lengths the corrupt system will go to discredit the only honest man in the race.

Boring lets get to something NEWT!!

Boy, you guys are really pulling out the stops here. The article purports to be about Gingrich attacking Paul on Newsletters, then it goes on to give its own detail on them. That detail, of course, is misleading. Yes, Paul acknowledged and has always acknowledged his knowledge of the newsletters. What he does not and never did acknowledge was knowledge of some of the articles that had such inflammatory language. Paul did not write every article in these newsletters, it would be ridiculous to assume he did. Some of it he wrote and some of it was written by staff members. He has been consistent on this from the day it all surfaced.

I won’t blame the media for bringing all this up, it is their job to expose these things, we want a free press to examine candidates and report on their shortcomings. The idea of a free press is as constitutional as it gets. I don’t expect the media to be entirely accurate about it either, they sell papers by sensationalizing the news just a touch.

What does frost me is that when Ron Paul gets to the top of the polls, you guys rehash this stuff to see how much trouble you can make. We all have known about these articles for years. On the other hand, when Gingrich was at the top of the polls, there was nary a mention of his $300,000 in ethics violations as speaker of the house or the circumstances that surrounded his resigning from that position. That is old news too, so the press chose not to hash it out again. Why is the standard so different for Ron Paul? Why are you guys so afraid of an honest politician?

Obviously this discredited nonsense is all that the so-called “mainstream media” can come up with to attack Ron Paul. That’s because he is the only principled, ethical candidate in the race.

Go Ron!

People are understandably skeptical about the fact that Paul didn’t know about the racial and anti-gay passages in a handful of letters, but I think the most damning indictment against that was from Eric Dondero himself, former staffer who would like to destroy Ron Paul. He said that Paul’s contact with the newsletters was in the form of writing on notepads while travelling from this event to that event. It was then given to one of two people for transcription, then typed, then sent to layout and editing, then to the printer, then mailed. That’s it. This from a guy who would like to torpedo Ron Paul.

Many blacks including NAACP leader Nelson Linder have personally come out in defense of Ron Paul on these trumped up racist attacks, but lets not let facts get in the way of Jason and the fraudulent media. Ron Paul hasn’t been ‘trying since 2001 to disassociate himself’ from those remarks he never made. On the contrary he has disavowed those comments and clearly stated he didnt write them. The only ones ‘trying’ are you and the other prostituted media schills in continually trying to associate those lies with RP. I guess it must be a new challenge for you to have to write about someone with honesty and integrity, being so tied with those dc insiders. Re: the interview, RP answered the reporter’s questions several times, then ended the interview. He didn’t walk out or ‘storm out’ as some headlines claim if you watch the video. by the way, that reporter’s husband is a lobbyist for the military industrial complex (oops another fact you conveniently chose to omit or did you even know that).

Jason, i find it amusing how you interchange sentences in your article from different points in time trying to mislead the reader. You remind me of the little con-artist on the street with the 3 cups and the rock: guess which cup the rock is under?

To Everyone: the ones attacking Ron Paul are the ones with the most to lose: cheap money and easy credit from the Federal Reserve. Remember the old saying: ‘just follow the money’. look at the big advertisers you see in all of the media (print, tv, web) then read the limited audit of the Fed Reserve released in July of this year, and you’ll see the pattern folks. in the meantime they are ‘playing’ the ignorant public with invented racism attacks. Plus, without the Fed’s printing machine, poor Jason would have to get a real job.
Wake up America, a declining dollar, a perpetual warfare and welfare state is ruining this country and killing the middle-cla ss. The fact is Ron Paul is the only candidate out there trying to change this country’s direction for the good for everyone from all races.

Only the ignorant believe Ron Paul is a racist.

Professional writers work as ghost writers in order to write or create books, articles, reports, stories and more for other people. A ghost writer may be hired to turn an outline into a book or a story idea into a short story. They are paid for their time and efforts, but are uncredited for the writing.

While celebrity ghost writers may get some credit for their work with an appellation of ‘with’ or ‘as told to,’ most ghost writers are unacknowledged contributors to the work. In those cases, the client or publisher will require a non-disclosure agreement. In the non-disclosure, the writer must agree to never take credit for their work or reveal the fact he or she participated in the project. These non-disclosure agreements are binding and may result in potential lawsuits, loss of credibility and income.

A ghost writer is one of the least appreciated areas of work for writers. Consider for a moment some of the greatest speeches in history. The authors of those speeches are forgotten; it is the speech and the person who delivers it who is remembered. ( or the person whose newsletter
the article appeared in ).

Oversight neglect ? Yes.
Racist ? No.

This kind of stuff makes Ron Paul look even better. When he found out about it he did the right thing. Now, about newt and his morals ans scruples………….

Why isn’t the media talking about Mittwitt’s racist church and Mormon doctrine pre-1978 that cost his father an election, and his magic underwear, destruction of public documents, and all of his blatant lies to the public?

I’m gay, and I support Ron Paul 110%. And these bogus racist claims aren’t going to last, simply because Ron Paul is a champion of individual liberty. If someone publishes an article on a website in today’s age, does that make the website owner completely representative of those beliefs? No, it doesn’t. Same reason it doesn’t mean someone who wrote an article in Ron Paul’s paper doesn’t translate to that is how Ron Paul thinks.

Voters aren’t as stupid as the establishment media and Newt thinks they are.

Now, will Jason M Volack go back in time and investigate the racist rantings of oBama pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright ? Bet you $10,000 he won’t. Come on Jason… double-dog dare you.

Ron Paul has explained this a million times, I think Paul should request that Gingrich learn to read, or use that $1.6 million in taxpayer money for either a tutor, or to hire someone to read it all for him.

Perhaps if Gingrich would have hired someone to interpret his own vows to the most important person in Gingrich’s life, that person would have stayed with him. You can’t trust what comes out of Gingrich’s mouth, but Ron Paul is called the most honest person in Washington. If Paul says that is the way it happened, the story is closed based on past performance.

This is a PATHETIC article. Take a look at the list of polticians who voted for or against Martin Luther King Jr Day on Dec 5, 1979. Ron Paul voted YES. Who voted NO? Gingrich, Mccain, and Dick Cheney are a few. This vote took place over a decade before the ‘racist newsletters’ came out. Shouldn’t people like Newt Gingrich be considered racists instead of Dr Ron Paul? LOL! The media would know this if they did their homework rather than just regurgitating what they’re told to by their corporate sponsors.

Paul made a lot of money off those newsletters. Yet he claims he didn’t know what was in them. Even though they were written under his name. If he were a Democrat y’all would crucify him. You would slam him non-stop. You know it, I know it, everyone knows it. Will any of you Ron Paul supporters admit it? Nope………….

Newt isn’t even on the ballot in Virginia because his campaign is such a joke and he’s questioning Ron Paul’s ability to be president?!?!?
Laughable …Keep trying mainstream establishment candidates and media YOU ARE LOSING!.

I’m still waiting for Newt to explain lobbying for Freddie and then lying about it.

searambler wrote:”Yet he claims he didn’t know what was in them. Even though they were written under his name.”
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So by your logic Holder and oBama claims of ignorance regarding strategy, approval, memo traffic, and all the particulars of arming Mexican narco-terrorists with thousands of weapons should not be believed?

lexingtonlady wrote:”I’m still waiting for Newt to explain lobbying for Freddie and then lying about it.”
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But explanations regarding the BILLIONS of dollars the taxpayers have been continuously having to send to Freddie and Fannie, or the MILLIONS of dollars that DEMOCRAT insiders like Jamie Gorelick, Franklin Raines, Jim Johnson, etc. have made are not of interest to you.

Michelle: the MILLIONS of dollars that DEMOCRAT insiders like Jamie Gorelick, Franklin Raines, Jim Johnson, etc. have made are not of interest to you.

Which one is running for president?

I love how the media is up in arms over a newsletter that contained content Paul has clearly stated he didn’t write and doesn’t agree with.

Instead of worrying about this garbage, maybe we should talk about how Newt is already planning his battle attack on Iran over their supposed nuclear weapon they’re building.

Apparently a newsletter is more interesting than plans of starting an unprovoked war with Iran.

searambler wrote:”In other words, ya got nothing, except the sound bytes taken out of context by the likes of Rush or Beck or the idiots at FOX.”
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Strange…. I listened to the speeches and read the transcripts and wonder exactly what context you are referring to when he claims that AIDs was a government plot to kill off blacks, or that America deserved the 9/11 attacks, or any of his many Jewish hating comments. I know that liberal-speak always has to be translated, because it never really means what was said, so help us out here and translate what Barack claims he never heard in Wright’s house of worship.

Newt Gingrich wants to be the saint here, acting as if he has no racist bones in his body. Very hypocritical.

Why were these issues not brought up back in 2008? When the level of threat that he will be elected way less,?….uummmmmmm??

I love it when ONE MAN can disrupt lame stream media and the entire D.C. Congress!

Ron Paul is the furtherest example of racist one will ever see.

John Huntsman is the only one of the whole bunch that doesn’t seem like he’s brain dead. But you all don’t want to listen to what he has to say. Your loss. Newt not only failed to get his name on the Virginia ballot (13 electoral votes) but he failed to get his name on the ballot in Missouri too (10 electoral votes) because he claims “Missouri isn’t important”. The cost of getting on the ballot in Missouri is a whopping $1000. It’s not like it’s going to break his bank account. So he just blew off 23 electoral votes.

I’d rather hear Newt explain his love for Andy Stern of the SEIU.
Or tell us why FDR is his favorite president of the 20th century. Really! What about Reagan?
Or, why he proposed in 2008 (in his book REAL CHANGE) that the United States should look to the political changes in Ireland that had created such a “strong” economy which may become the strongest in Europe!!!
Newt is a man of ideas. Bad one. No, really bad ones.
Maybe he should try to discover some actual principles.

Ron Paul 2012.

Newt = Nixon redux

“Ron Paul Presses Newt Gingrinch To Explain Virginia Ballot Access Strategy”

There, fixed it for ya’ Jason.

I’m ok with all the GOP crap hacking away at each other for being crap and crappier

Shame on the news agency for even publishing this drivel. I too have seen Ron Paul speak at a live venue. If anyone is about puting EVERY american on equal terms, its him. Again, Shame on ABC and any other new agency that prints this mess.

As a black american I find the comments made by Ron Paul in the past offensive. Since I am not Jesus I am going to forgive him since these comments and newsletters were made in the past. They might not be politically incorrect now but it is every americans right to have free speech. You cannot take that away from anybody and after time they grow and learn that everyone is the same.

After you turn 50 you will learn all people have at least one bad trait that you do not like. Welcome to america.

The real issue is the econony and jobs do not be deflected from the real issues. If a person can fix the jobs problem I do not care if he is the grand wizard of the KKK at least all people would be able to find a job and feed their families.

Ron Paul stated many times that he did not write these remarks nor approve of them, and found out about them later on. He disavows them and everyone that knows him over the years can testify to his beliefs, and these do not include discrimination and racism. Ron Paul is not avoiding the issue either (like Cain) or making up excuses. In fact, these remarks are 20 to 30 years old………so the whole episode is ridiculous. Ron Paul is a man of great integrity and honesty; the other candidates cannot compare themselves to his record.

RON PAUL 2012

There is no mystery here. No “offensive” comments appeared in the newsletters prior to 1988 when Ron Paul was the editor, in May 1988 Ron Paul was still the publisher but Lew Rockwell became the editor and even if describing the newsletters as entirelly racist is exagerated, sometimes “insensitive” material appeared when Paul was out of congress. And as a coincidence all these attacks stopped in 1994. But the couple of controversial statements appeared mostly between 1990 and 1993, the Martin Luther King day, for which Paul had voted for in 1979, became the “Hate Whitey day” and so on.

____”This is a PATHETIC article. Take a look at the list of polticians who voted for or against Martin Luther King Jr Day on Dec 5, 1979. Ron Paul voted YES. Who voted NO? Gingrich, Mccain, and Dick Cheney are a few. This vote took place over a decade before the ‘racist newsletters’ came out. Shouldn’t people like Newt Gingrich be considered racists instead of Dr Ron Paul? LOL! The media would know this if they did their homework rather than just regurgitating what they’re told to by their corporate sponsors.”

POSTED BY: LARA | DECEMBER 24, 2011, 1:13 PM 1:13 PM____________________LARA that is a credible post. You should send a copy to Gingrich, the self-styled GOP “nominee”

____”Ron Paul talks the truth. Pure and simple. Looks like he called this one 100% correct back in 1995. Look at this non-American half-breed we have for president who won’t even acknowledge he’s HALF white. Yeah, and then he appoints whiney fag Eric Holder to attorney general and he pulling out the RACE CARD toi cover his corrupt actions.”

POSTED BY: GEORGE | DECEMBER 24, 2011, 10:28 AM 10:28 AM_____________Hey, George, are your diapers getting wet?

Wow. And this fat sack of slime got on live tv and said “the palestinians are an invented people.” But Dr Paul is the racist? Unbelievable. I think what we’re witnessing here is the beginning of the end for the corporate-fascist news media.

Jason Volack is the same dude who completely falsified the reporting of an exchange between Dr. Paul and a questioner during a Q & A in New Hampshire. Volack is a liar. I wouldn’t believe him if he wrote the sky is blue and the trees are green.

I have learned to distrust hit pieces by Jason M. Volack on the topic of Ron Paul. Volack clearly has an ax to grind because he disagrees with Paul’s foreign and domestic policies and will go to any length to attack him. Specifically I dispute that Paul has ever admitted writing the racially charged passages in the newsletter. I recommend Volack offer some evidence backing up his claims because just his word is not enough.

Paul has many people of color, gays, and Jews among his supporters who appreciate his strong defense of individual rights and his non-interventionist foreign policy. He decries the inequity of sentencing for people of color and wants to end federal authority in drug enforcement that has resulted in so many minorities locked away in prison while white suspects often escape prosecution.

This propaganda smear against Paul is only going to help him get elected. Dr Paul is not a racist and is the only pres candidate that would not vote against gay marriage. The media is trying so hard at the orders of their masters to knock down Paul. But once someone hears and gets to understand the good Dr, they never go back. The only thing the media is doing is helping Paul get the votes of the racists that were supporting Gingrich and Bachman. So let them believe Paul is a racist.. IT WILL ONLY HELP! LOL

google and abc don’t want RP to win: linked to this article by highlghted google search for ron paul. why are you scared google/abc? he’s answered it, you’ve heard it, but you got NOTHING on him. the people are learning the truth, they are rising

RESTORE AMERICA
RON PAUL 2012

My guess is Murray N. Rothbard was the author of those letters RP’s name has been assigned to. Newsletter turned over to Rockwell while RP was back in practice. Is RP a racist? Probably no more so then Obama, or any other candidate.

Anyway, its largely doubtful that decades old letters will end up mattering. Bbut I don’t care about his personal quirks anyway. Its his policies that matter. I’m not overly a big fan but i’ve come to understand that if the GOP wants to win this next time around, it must embrace the excitment within the grass roots movement. Mitt and Newt don’t have it. RP does. Its that simple if the GOP wants to win.

To my ABO friends, I simply point out you’ll have to wait a few more years before bombing Iran. I know, we shouldn’t recognize them as a country. I know, we should wipe them off the face of the planet. You’re just going to have to wait another 4 years. Either via Obama or Paul. That’s where you’re stuck.

Ron Paul, voted for the Martin Luther King Holiday, delivered black children in Texas when the state was still segregated, and supports the removal of drug laws that discriminate against blacks.

To say that he is racist, is misleading and this is nothing but a fallacy attack, also known as, AD HOMINEM.

Stick to the issues, please.

I almost vomited in my mouth when I saw the first Google result for a ‘ron paul’ search.

“If you have ever been robbed by a black teenage male, you know how unbelievably fleet of foot they can be.” Ron Paul

Are you serious, ABC? This is probably the most blatant attack on Ron Paul over the newsletter printed over 20 years ago, that he had not read until 10 years after they were published and has already disavowed.

To quote him, as actually spouting this ignorant hate speech is beyond the pale, ABC. You’re broadcasting on borrowed time. Disgusting.

I am John, how are you everybody? This article posted at this website is really nice.